tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat Aug 09 10:09:24 1997
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Re: KLBC story: bemorngan tIqIH
ja' SuStel:
>[email protected] on behalf of Robyn Stewart wrote:
>> KLBC Story: Meet the Bemorians
>>
>> loS vatlh ben Hovvam bavbogh yuQ tu' tlhIngan Hoq.
>
>{loSvatlh} "four hundred" is one word.
But in {qaStaHvIS wa' ram loS SaD Hugh SIjlaH qetbogh loD}, {loS SaD}
is two words. We see it this way in the appendix of TKD, and in TKW
(with a typographically extraneous {I} on {loD}).
>> negh mevmoH 'e' nID pagh.
>
>{mev} is one of those funny verbs which will never need {-moH}. {not mev
>peghmey} shows that the subject is the thing which is halted, while {bIjatlh
>'e' yImev} shows that the object is the thing that is halted.
In an interesting parallel, {tagh} seems to enjoy a similar status.
-- ghunchu'wI'